Saturday, November 7, 2009

Projects and Personnel

Regional Research Institute for Human Services
Portland State University
1600 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 900, Portland OR 97201
(503) 725-4040     Fax: (503) 725-4180


Laurie Powers, Director

Heidi Herinckx: Assistant Director
Ron Talarico & Jen Williams: Assistants to the Director

Dee Dee Herinckx & Kristopher Pethtel: Support Staff
Tyson Vanover:  Network Sub-Administrator and Technical Support                                       
Vicky Mazzone: Webmaster
Dinesh Kypa: Student IT Support


    RRI Concluded Projects and Final Reports


    Bridges to Housing    (sponsored by Neighborhood Partnership Fund)
      Diane Yatchmenoff, P.I.
      Kimberly Ford (Project Manager), Robin Walker-Phillips, Interviewer, Sara Jade Webb, Data Analyst, Aimee Bellmore, Graduate Research Assistant

    CAFE Evaluation   (Children and Family Enrichment)
      Debi Elliott, P.I.
      Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Rebecca Ruston (Research Assistant)

    CAFE Evaluation at Rowe Middle School)  
      Karen Cellarius, Lead Evaluator
      Rebecca Ruston (Project Manager)

    CARES Project (Cancer Awareness, Resources, Education and Support)
      Stephanie Wahab, P.I.

    CBPR Depression (Community Based Participatory Project)
      Stephanie Wahab, P.I.

    Clatskanie Together Coalition Program Evaluation
      Karen Cellarius, Lead Evaluator

    Columbia River Wraparound System of Care Evaluation
      Barbara Friesen, P. I.
      Kimberly Ford, Research Assistant

    (CPR) Community Partnerships for Reinvestment
      Debi Elliott, P. I.
      Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Herman Bryant, Rebecca Ruston

    Community Responding NOW
      Elizabeth McNeff, P.I.

    Development Of Safety Planning Tool For Men With Disabilities
      Mary Oschwald & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s
      Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Herman Bryant, Rebecca Ruston

    (Project DART) Disability Abuse/Assault Response Team
      Lizzi McNeff & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s

    Experience Corps Evaluation
      Debi Elliott, P.I.
      Karen Cellarius, Rebecca Ruston

    FIT for Recovery (joint project between RRI and the PSU Center for Improvement of Child & Family Services)
      Anna Rockhill & Debi Elliott, Co-PIs
      Karen Cellarius, Jim White, Holly Hein

    FIPSE Clinical Ed Redesign
      Heidi Herinckx, P.I.

    Foster Club All-Stars Leadership Academy
      Laurie Powers and Katherine Cahn, Co-P.I.

    Guiding Light
      Tom Keller and Jo-Ann Sowers, Co-P.I.s

    Healthy Family Project, collaboration with Oregon Social Learning Center (www.oslc.org)
      Lew Bank, P.I.
      Diversity and Asian American Supplements to parent grant,
    Bowen McBeath (Co-I
    )
      Summer Newell (Administrative Coordinator), Amanda Fixsen
    (Doctoral Research Assistant)

    Individual Development Account (IDA) Evaluation
      Diane Yatchmenoff, P.I.
      Karen Cellarius

    INSIGHT
      Elizabeth McNeff, P.I.

    Josephine County Homeless Bridges to Success
      Heidi Herinckx, P.I.
      Angela Spencer (Research Assistant)

    Leadership Training Initiative (sponsored by Neighborhood Partnership Fund)
      Mandy Davis (Lead Evaluator)

    Making A Life (My Life)
      Sarah Geenen & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.'s
      Connie Loesch, Summer Pommier-Satya, Alison Turner, Jenny Powers

    Maltreatment And Mental Health In Older Foster Youth - funded by NIMH
      Thomas Keller, P.I
      Kris Gowen (Research Associate), Amy Salazar (Graduate Research Assistant)

    Medicaid Reference Desk
      Laurie Powers, P.I.
      Connie Loesch

    Migrant Health Outreach Project
      Ted Donlan, P.I.

    Motivational Parent Training in Community Corrections
      Bowen McBeath, P.I.

    Nak-Nu-Wit System of Care
      Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara, P.I.
      Danielle Droppers (Research Assistant)

    National TA Center on Voting & Cognitive Access (VOTE TA)
      Hannah Bowen, P.I.
      Laurie Powers

    National Wraparound Initiative
      Janet Walker, P.I.
      Sarah Peterson

    ODE Making A Life
      Sarah Geenen & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.'s

    (OCNE) Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education
      Heidi Herinckx, Elisabeth Winter (Research Assistant)

    Oregon Consumer Network
      Rollin Shelton, P.I.

    Oregon's Supported Employment Center for Excellence
      Heidi Herinckx, P.I.
      Elisabeth Winter (Research Assistant)

    (PACT) PARENTS and CHILDREN TOGETHER - OHSU School of Nursing
      Judy Kendall and Eileen Brennan, Co-P.I.s

    Project Success
      Laurie Powers & Sarah Geenen, P.I.s

    Providing Unbiased Services for LGBTQ Youth
      L. Kris Gowen, P.I.

    RECLAIMING FUTURES: COMMUNITIES HELPING TEENS OVERCOME
    DRUGS, ALCOHOL and CRIME  ( www.reclaimingfutures.org )
      Laura Nissen, P.I.
      Jim Carlton (Deputy Director), Mac Prichard (Communications Director), Benjamin Chambers (Project Director), Cheryl Reed (Administrative Manager), Cora Crary (Project Coordinator), Miriam Patterson (Dir. Assistant),
    Laura J. Hernandez (Admin Specialist).

    Report Card Project
      Sarah Geenen & Laurie Powers, P.I.s

    RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTER ON FAMILY SUPPORT AND
    CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
    (www.rtc.pdx.edu )
      Barbara Friesen, P.I.
      Barbara Friesen (Center Director), Janet Walker (Director of Research and Dissemination), Barbara Friesen, Nancy Koroloff, Janet Walker, Donna Fleming (Coordinating Committee), Donna Fleming (Center Coordinator, RRI Partnership Library, Publications),
    Nicole Aue (Publications and Multimedia Manager), Sarah Peterson and Cintia Mason (Center Support Staff)
     

    •  Voices of Youth and Families: Community Integration of Transition-Age Youth: Pauline Jivanjee & Jean Kruzich (Co-PI's)

    •  Transition to Independence: Outcomes of School-Based Support for Youth with Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities:  Pauline Jivanjee,Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Nancy Koroloff, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Mandy Davis, Senior Research Assistant, Christopher Burkett, Research Assistant

    •  AMP: Achieve My Plan: Janet Walker, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Laurie Powers, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Elizabeth Thorne, Project Manager, Jonathan Melvin, Student Research Assistant, Celeste Siebel, Student Research Assistant

    •  Work-Life Integration for Families with Children & Adolescents Who Have Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Julie Rosenzweig, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Eileen Brennan, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator,
    Anna Malsch, Ph.D., Project Manager, Lisa Stewart, MSW, Graduate Research Assistant, Kayti Mills, Mentee

    •  Transforming Transitions to Kindergarten: A Family-Provider Team Approach: Beth Green, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Anna Malsch, Ph.D., Project Manager, Eileen Brennan, Ph.D., Project Collaborator, Brianne Hood, Graduate Research Assistant

    •  Practice-Based Evidence: Building Effectiveness from the Ground Up: Barbara J. Friesen, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, Terry Cross, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., Co-Principal Investigator, Pauline Jivanjee, Ph.D., Project Collaborator, Kris Gowen, Ph.D., Research Associate, Abby Bandurraga, Mentee

    •  Learning Community/ Evidence Based Practice (Data Trends): Barbara Friesen & Harold Briggs (Co-PI's), L. Kris Gowen (Project Manager)

    •  Underrepresented Researchers Mentoring Program: Anna Malsch, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Abby Bandurraga, Mentee, Kayti Mills, Mentee

    •  Building on Family Strengths Conference:  Donna Fleming, Conference Coordinator, L. Kris Gowen, Project Manager, Lisa Stewart, Anna Malsch, Liz Thorne, Sarah Peterson, and Nicole Aue, Conference Planners

    •  Focal Point: Research, Policy, and Practice in Children's Mental Health: Janet Walker and L. Kris Gowen, Editors, Nicole Aue, Assistant Editor


    Research On the Association Between Nonprofit Organizational Change and
    Client Outcomes In Market-Based Environments
      Bowen McBeath, P.I.

    The RISE Project at Outside In
      Karen Cellarius, Lead Evaluator
      Jeremy Schlott (Research Assistant), Holly Hein (Support Staff)

    (SAAL) Self-Advocates As Leaders
      Laurie Powers, P.I.
      Cindy Helvington (Project Director), Hannah Bowen (Project Coordinator), Marcela Tafala (Support Specialist)

    Social Network Analysis Project
      Nancy Koroloff, P.I.

    STEM Mentor Project
      Jo-Ann Sowers and Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s
      Alison Turner (Project Coordinator), John Ossowski, Graduate Research Assistant

    Suicide Prevention Project
      Dan Coleman, P.I.

    Victims' Rights Compliance Project
      Debi Elliott, P.I.
      Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Rebecca Ruston

    Victimization of People With Disabilities
      Elizabeth McNeff, P. I.

    Village Gardens (formerly Guzaa Grows)
      Karen Cellarius, P.I.
      Debi Elliott

    Violence ID (Identification and Reporting of Violence By People With Disabilities)
      Mary Oschwald & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s

    Weku (Family Relations)
      Debi Elliott, P.I.
      Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Holly Hein (Support Staff), Edna Kimmons, Rebecca Ruston, Julia Mines

    Working to Institutionalize Sex Education (WISE) Evaluation
      L. Kris Gowen, P.I.

    Wraparound Oregon Evaluation
      Janet Walker, P.I.
      Nancy Koroloff, Sarah Peterson (Support Staff)

    Wraparound Oregon: Early Childhood Evaluation
      Diane Yatchmenoff, P.I.
      Jared Ivie (Project Manager), Jeremy Schlott, Robin Walker-Phillips (Research Assistants), Dee Dee Herinckx & Cintia Mason (Support Staff)

    Young Women's Equity Project (YWEP)
      Heidi Herinckx, P.I.
      Elisabeth Winter (Research Assistant)

    (YORP) Clark County Young Offender Reentry Program
      Heidi Herinckx, P.I.
      Elisabeth Winter and Herman Bryant (Research Assistants), Holly Hein (Support Staff)

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    RRI COLLABORATES WITH THE RESEARCH COMPONENT OF THE CENTER FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES

    (http://www.ccf.pdx.edu/index.php) , Katharine Cahn, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    RRI COLLABORATES WITH THE SURVEY RESEARCH LAB ( www.srl.pdx.edu ),
    Debi Elliott, DIRECTOR

    Amber Johnson (Project Manager), Vicky Mazzone (Office Manager), Tyson Vanover (IT),
    Tiffany Conklin and Tara Horn (Research Assistants), Zach Hathaway, Cameron Mulder, and
    Carrie Medina (Interview Coordinators)

    RRI COLLABORATES WITH OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER
    (www.oslc.org)

    LEW BANK, Principal Investigator

     

    Other Personnel/Associates: Arthur Emlen and Richard Dana

    The Regional Research Institute is affiliated with the School of Social Work     
    Revised: January 20, 2009